TABLE 1.
Known Tobacco Industry Consultants and Associates Who Publicly Criticized Glantz and His Tobacco-Related Work, 1990–1997
| Name | Field of Expertise | Affiliation | Relationship With Tobacco Industry and Criticism of Glantz |
| Decker, Walter J. | Toxicology | Toxicology Consultant Services, El Paso, TX, a subcontractor to Holcomb Environmental Services | Worked for Holcomb Environmental Services (Tobacco Institute consultant and contractor); wrote letter to the editor of Circulation criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990.19,20 |
| DiLorenzo, Thomas | Economics | University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, later of Loyola College, Baltimore, MD | Produced books funded by RJ Reynolds21,22 that supported industry goal of reducing the influence of health charities; joined in attack on Glantz on 1995 TV show Technopolitics.23 |
| Ecobichon, Donald | Toxicology | McGill University, Quebec, QC | Tobacco Institute scientific witness and consultant; wrote letter to the editor of the New York Times criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990.20 |
| Evans, K. Michael | Economics | Evans, Carroll & Associates (formerly Evans Economics), Boca Raton, FL; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | Research subcontractor for National Smokers Alliance24; produced the 1997 “Evans Report” criticizing Glantz and Smith's 1994 study of economic effects of smoking restrictions.25 |
| Flamm, Gary | Toxicology | Science Regulatory Services International, Washington, DC | Tobacco Institute scientific witness and consultant; wrote letter to the New York Times criticizing coverage of Glantz and Parmley's research on SHS and cardiac disease in 199026; contributed to Tobacco Institute comments submitted to EPA opposing Glantz and Parmley's chapter of the EPA's technical compendium on SHS.27 |
| Fleiss, Joseph | Biostatistics | Columbia University, New York, NY | Tobacco Institute scientific witness and consultant; sent editorial to the New York Times criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990.20 |
| Gori, Gio Batta | Toxicology, epidemiology | Health Policy Center, Bethesda, MD | Tobacco Institute SHS consultant; wrote letter to the editor of the New York Times criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990.20 |
| Handman, Steven | Unknown | American Smokers Alliance 130/10 Club, Holland, KY | Ran American Smokers Alliance 1988–1999,28,29 a smokers’-rights group organized and supported by Philip Morris; organized 130/10 Club (a subset of American Smokers Alliance) that took out ad against Glantz in the Washington Times, 1995. |
| Holcomb, Larry | Zoology | Holcomb Environmental Services, Olivet, MI | Tobacco Institute scientific witness, consultant, and contractor; wrote letter to editor of Circulation criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990; subcontracted critiques from Pedelty & Decker in 1991.30 |
| Huber, Gary L. | Pulmonology | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, later University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Tyler, TX | Tobacco industry consultant31(pp320–321); performed paid research for the industry32–34; published a letter critiquing Glantz and Parmley in Circulation in 1991.35 |
| Hull, Sally | Unknown | Missouri Department of Agriculture, Jefferson City, MO | Described as a tobacco industry “grower ally” by Philip Morris36,37; researcher for American Smokers Alliance, 1995.38 |
| Humber, Thomas | Public Relations | Brown & Williamson, 1981–1986; Philip Morris 1990; senior VP Burson Marsteller 1991–1993; president and CEO National Smokers Alliance, 1993–1997, Alexandria, VA | President and CEO of National Smokers Alliance 1993–1997, a grassroots lobbying group established by public-relations firm Burson Marstellar and financed by Philip Morris39–42; wrote letters to UCSF, OSHA, and periodicals criticizing Glantz40,43–45; organized lawsuit against Glantz and UCSF by Californians for Scientific Integrity in 1997.46 |
| Kilpatrick, James | Biostatistics | Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA | Tobacco Institute scientific witness and consultant; wrote letter to editor of the New York Times criticizing Glantz and Parmley in 1990.26 |
| Lee, Peter N. | Statistics, epidemiology | Peter Lee Statistics and Computing, Surrey, England | Tobacco Institute statistical consultant; prepared and submitted letters critical of Glantz's work to Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.47–51 |
| Mantel, Nathan | Mathematics, statistics | American University, Bethesda, MD | Tobacco Institute statistical consultant31(pp413–416),52,53; published article in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology criticizing Glantz and Parmley.54 |
| Pedelty, Joe | Chemistry, biology | Holcomb Environmental Services, Olivet, MI | Worked for Holcomb Environmental Services (Tobacco Institute consultant and contractor); wrote letter to editor of Ft Worth, TX, Star-Telegram criticizing Glantz and Parmley.30,55 |
| Perske, Martha | Illustrator | American Smokers Alliance, Nashville, TN | Representative of and researcher for American Smokers Alliance56; took media training at RJ Reynolds57; wrote letter to Journal of Clinical Epidemiology defending Mantel's critique of Glantz, 199358; communicated with RJ Reynolds scientists 1995–199659,60; forwarded Ronhovdee report critical of Glantz to industry public-relations contractor and field organizer S. Caldeira in 199561; wrote letter critical of Glantz to JAMA, 1996.62 |
| Sepp, Pete | Unknown | National Taxpayers Union, Alexandria, VA | Spokesman for National Taxpayers Union, which was a recipient of Philip Morris funding63 and was listed as a Philip Morris ally64; criticized NCI funding of Glantz in a 1995 the Washington Times article.65 |
| Thompson, Carl | Unknown | Ferret Research, Auburn, CA | Disseminated report in 1994 accusing Glantz of false and misleading research; issued 1994 press release accusing Glantz of misusing taxpayer funds.66,67 |
| Will, James A. | Veterinary medicine | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | Contributed to Tobacco Institute comments submitted to EPA criticizing Glantz and Parmley's chapter of EPA's technical compendium on SHS, 1990.27 |
| Wexler, Lawrence M. | Epidemiology | New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY | Contributed to Tobacco Institute comments submitted to EPA criticizing Glantz and Parmley's chapter of EPA's technical compendium on SHS, 1990.27,68 |
| Wu, Joseph M. | Biochemistry, molecular biology | New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY | Tobacco Institute consultant and scientific witness; wrote letter to editor of the New York Times criticizing Glantz and Parmley, 1990.20 |
Note. SHS = secondhand smoke. EPA = US Environmental Protection Agency. UCSF = University of California, San Francisco. OSHA = US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. NCI = National Cancer Institute.